PVAMU: Library Researching- Funding Opportunities and Professional Development: Home

Speaker: Ms. Kimberly M. Gay

Head of Reference and Information Services Department, Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II

John B. Coleman Library Staff >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/prf.php?account_id=199343

Office Email:  kmgay@pvamu.edu  

Office Phone: 936-261-1506

Title: Show me the $$$$$ Organizing Your Summer Library Research Skills and Strategies for Grants, Scholarships, Fellowship, Funding and more...

 

Description: 

Come gather the best practices for researching the John B. Coleman Library’s virtual and print resources to show you the grant $$$$ . From databases on funding sources to AI technology in drafting grant proposals to scholarly literature reviews to avoiding plagiarism and predatory journals to citation management programs to library departments and research course LibGuides to the live library chat service along with face to face and virtual consultations with a professional librarian , this interactive session will gather the attendees’ tools for summer researching in accessing the features and functions of the virtual and print world of the John B. Coleman Library.

 

Speaker Bio: Kimberly Michelle Gay is the Head of Reference and Information Services, Academic Reference and Instruction Librarian II at the John B. Coleman Library of Prairie View A&M University- a Texas A&M University System with over 20-years of PVAMU work experience and she has more than 20-years of Academic Librarianship experience. Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas is where she received her Bachelors of Science Degree in Mass Communication double minor: Fashion Merchandising and Sociology graduating Magna Cum Laude, 3.89 GPA. She received a Master's of Science Degree in Library Science and Information Studies, Suma Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA from TWU as well. She is a Lifetime inductee in the Beta Lambda Chapter of Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society.

 

 

 Workshop Outline Agenda: An Example- Features and Functions of the John B. Coleman Library - 

 

John B. Coleman Library: Website >> https://www.pvamu.edu/library/ 

·         Live Chat Service >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/c.php?g=906034&p=7167691 

·         LibGuides/Subject Guides >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/?b=g&d=a

·         Reference Librarians: Library Faculty Liaison Areas- Subjects/Colleges/Schools (Find my Liaison Librarian) >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/liaisons

·         John B. Coleman Library Departments  >> https://www.pvamu.edu/library/departments/

·         e-Journal portal- Subject are listing of Full-Text Journal Titles 

·         Interlibrary Loan >> https://mypanther-lib.pvamu.edu/screens/ill.html

·         RefWorks- ProQuest- RefWorks is a web-based commercial reference management software package. It is produced by Ex Libris, a ProQuest company >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/az.php?a=r

·         Off campus access >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/c.php?g=906034&p=6538359

·         askalibrarian@pvamu.edu

·         Databases: A to Z database list >> https://pvamu.libguides.com/az.php

o   Pivot- Pivot is a database containing funding opportunities. for all disciplines and project types. It includes. information on federal, private, and international. funding options all in one easy to search tool. >> https://pivot.proquest.com/ 

o    eBooks-EBSCOhost/ProQuest (full-text)

o   Nexis-Uni- Business to Court Cases (Federal and State) 

o    Credo Complete Core Collection Reference-Academic Core >> https://corp.credoreference.com/collections/academic-core.html 

o   Kanopy Videos >> https://www.kanopy.com/en

o   WorldCat- Open Source. OCLC >> https://www.worldcat.org/ 

o    Scopus- Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004. Scopus covers nearly 36,377 titles from approximately 11,678 publishers, of which 34,346 are peer-reviewed journals in top-level subject fields: life sciences, social sciences, physical sciences and health sciences. >> https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/scopus 

o    Sage Research Methods- About Sage Research Methods

        >> https://methods-sagepub-com.pvamu.idm.oclc.org/

o   Infobase Learning Resources (Issues & Controversies, World News Digest, Films On Demand/Digital Educational Video) Films on Demand >> https://infobase.com/products-universities-colleges/ 

o   HeritageQuest Online- Genealogy Research (Ancestry. Com) >> https://about.proquest.com/en/products-services/HeritageQuest-Online/ 

o   HistoryMakers Digital Archive - The Nation’s Largest African American Video Oral History Collection >> https://www.thehistorymakers.org/ . The HistoryMakers is a national 501©(3) non-profit research and educational institution committed to preserving and making widely accessible the untold personal stories of both well-known and unsung African Americans. Through the media and a series of user-friendly products, services and events, The HistoryMakers enlightens, entertains and educates the public, helping to refashion a more inclusive record of American history.

o   Gale Databases >> https://www.gale.com/databases#academic 

o   Google Scholar- My Library- PVAMU JBCL ( = settings- library links, type in Prairie View A&M University- check the box/s >> https://scholar.google.com/scholar?scilib=1&hl=en&as_sdt=0,44 

 Library Research Instruction Survey

>> https://pvamu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00YEz3N6FVpCeS9

 Library Online Workshops

>> https://www.pvamu.edu/library/venue/online-presentation/